Hi all, I'm based in the UK and I've had Starlink for quiet a while now as it was the only option for me to be able to get decent speeds due to the remoteness of where I live.
The dish (Gen 2) is setup on my 'garden' office which is located approximately 30 meters higher than my main house (basically I live on the edge of a cliff !) and the router is also located in my office.
The range of the WiFi signal from the router wouldn't reach my main house so I just used the RJ45 adaptor and connected a lan cable to a Network Switch (Netgear GS308P) in my office which in turn goes to another switch in the loft of my main house that feeds all the relevant equipment (computers. tv ect) and also a TP Link Deco for WiFi in the house.
Where I would like some advice is on the house speeds as in my office I get on average over 200mb down and 20mb up but in the house this falls dramatically to roughly 35mb down and 5 ish up.
Logically I'm assuming its because I'm using switches but I'd be grateful if someone could let me know if there is a way to improve the house speeds without spending a fortune?
I will add I know nothing about the modern mesh systems and my networking knowledge is basic and old at best so if you do respond could you explain it in very simple terms so I can understand - I'm a quick learner !!
Thanks in advance for any advice offered.
Paul
Hi thanks so much for the reply,
I'm assuming by your answer this is a problem and not normal because of the switches?
I actually ran all the cables myself prior to renovating the house and office. I used Cat5e in the house as I had loads of it but used external grade Cat6 for the office. I did test the cables before and after termination be it a wall point or RJ45 and all was ok. The longest cable run from the office to the house is only about 23 metres which I thought was well within the tolerances before any degradation of speed. I will run the tests on the switches you suggested though just to make sure they are ok and also test all the cables again just to make sure they are still ok as well - thankfully I can access them all fairly easily.
If all these tests come back ok is there anything else I should or can look at?
Thanks again Paul
Hello Paul, I would suspect cabling problem. Check that your cabling isn’t cat3 lan cabling. This will slow down the speed drastically. A way of testing would be to install your device before the switch directly into the RJ45 adapter and see what speeds you get there. If your speeds are good then the next step would be plugging directly into the switch and testing there. What were doing is trying to pin point the problem area. If the switch is good then check cabling, older homes or even some newer put the cheap cabling that can result in very degraded signals. Cat6 cable is ideal, so hopefully that is what you have. The next thing I would be checking is cable lengths, longer cables can draw a lot of current, reducing signal and cauing a lot of strain on the system. This is just a few of my thoughts, hopefully this helps.